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The Trump administration plans to require most green card applicants to return to their home countries to apply, which could adversely impact tech workers — Move to tighten permanent residency requirements could have significant implications for businesses
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Anthropic says Claude Mythos Preview has been used to find more than 10,000 high- or critical-severity vulnerabilities since the launch of Project Glasswing — Last month, we launched Project Glasswing, our collaborative effort to secure the world's most critical software before increasingly capable AI models can be turned against it.
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| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
Filing: Zoom's stake in Anthropic is worth ~$1.27B based on a February round which valued Anthropic at $380B; Zoom invested an additional $46M in recent months — Zoom Communications Inc., the videoconferencing company, has netted about $1 billion on an investment it made in artificial intelligence startup Anthropic PBC in early 2023.
More: Blockonomi, Crypto Briefing, Tech in Asia, and Benzinga
| Paul Vieira / Wall Street Journal: |
The US Ambassador to Canada accuses Canada of imposing trade barriers by requiring that US streamers contribute 15% of Canadian revenue to local programming — Remarks from U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra add to harshly critical statements from lobby groups representing Hollywood and tech companies| New York Times: |
Sources: WH approved a $9B request to acquire advanced AI chips for spy agencies; Anthropic is finalizing a classified contract for NSA to keep using its tools — The C.I.A. and N.S.A. cannot fully deploy the latest models on their classified systems because of a shortage of cutting-edge chips.| Jeremy Hsu / Ars Technica: |
The US NTSB suspends access to its database of civil transportation accidents after people re-created voices of pilots killed in a 2025 UPS plane crash using AI — Pilots' voices from the last seconds of a fatal cargo plane crash have been re-created by Internet sleuths using software and AI tools.
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| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
As the US House probes Airbnb's use of Chinese AI models, CEO Brian Chesky says the company is not sharing data with Chinese firms and uses open-source models — Airbnb Inc. Chief Executive Officer Brian Chesky defended his company's use of Chinese artificial intelligence models … | Matthew Prince / Wall Street Journal: |
Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince says AI won't replace builders or sellers, but it will affect middle managers, operations jobs, and other “measuring” positions — The company has less need for middle managers, operations jobs and other ‘measuring’ positions.
More: Bloomberg, Moneycontrol, The Decoder, CNN, Inc.com, and Fortune
| Jordan Robertson / Bloomberg: |
FOIA lawsuit documents show hackers who breached SolarWinds potentially had access to all “treasury.gov” email addresses from July 6, 2020 to October 12, 2020 — New details about the 2020 incident. — Six years after hackers allegedly backed by Russia's intelligence services broke … | New York Times: |
Q&A with Sundar Pichai on the future of Google Search, Google's place in the AI race, public skepticism toward AI, AI agents, AI safety, TPUs, and more — After a busy Google I/O, the company's chief executive sits down with the hosts of “Hard Fork” to discuss the future of Google Search … | Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: |
Samsung's bonus deal is fueling employee resentment over a 100x payout gap between memory division staff and those making smartphones, TVs, and home appliances — Samsung Electronics Co. staved off a potentially catastrophic strike this week, reaching a tentative deal with leaders … | Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch: |
Fresha, a London-based beauty and wellness booking marketplace, raised $80M from KKR's growth equity arm at a $1B+ valuation, bringing its total raised to $285M — Beauty and wellness booking marketplace Fresha has announced an $80 million investment from KKR's Next Generation Technology Growth fund …
More: Pathfounders, Pulse 2.0, Ventureburn, FinSMEs, Tech Funding News, and The Next Web
LinkedIn: Kiran Taylor, Elliott Braund, and William Zeqiri
| Lauren Feiner / The Verge: |
Google files its appeal of the US federal ruling deeming it an illegal search monopolist, arguing it “prevailed in the marketplace fair and square” — It wants to throw out the original decision, as well as an order to share data with rivals.| Reuters: |
China's Wingtech files a lawsuit against Nexperia, saying its control over the Dutch chipmaker remained restricted, and seeks ~$1.2B for economic losses — China's Wingtech Technology (600745.SS) has filed a lawsuit with a subsidiary against Nexperia B.V. and five other entities …
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